Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Composers Concordance welcomes virtuosos David Taylor (bass trombone) and ...

With five studio albums to its credit—one issued after vocalist/two-string bassist Mark Sandman's fatal onstage heart attack in 1999—this supremely cool, bass/drums/sax trio clearly reached its… By ...

There is something Baroque about jazz ensembles lacking a piano or guitar as a harmony instrument . Their absence frees previously occupied sonic space for other uses. The format also sets up a more ...

I can’t complain for a moment about the trio that saxist Joe Lovano brings to town for his annual Jazz Showcase visit. His drummer, Idris Muhammad, has a deceptively messy, soul-smeared kit sound that ...

The saxophone-bass-drums trio is the terra incognita of the improvisatory world, a rugged upland terrain where harmony attenuates like thinning air and there’s nowhere to hide, for musicians and ...

When considering the possibilities for a musical duet, the interaction between saxophone and acoustic bass doesn’t leap to the forefront of the imagination. That’s one of many reasons why “Weights and ...

The trio format is frequently cited as one of the hardest for a jazz saxophonist because there’s nothing to hide behind—no chordal instrument, no other frontline partners. But that view tends to give ...

Honey Ear Trio is the new incarnation of long time musical cohorts Erik Lawrence, Rene Hart and Allison Miller. Together, these three passionate musicians approach the music with a sense of ...